Federalism and Hurricane Katrina:
Hurricane Katrina, one of the biggest National disasters we have see in twenty years was an ordeal that exposed some of the problems with our federal system of response to national disasters. The idea of federalism in the United States is that the power is shared and divided into many different branches and governments. This system provides democracy and makes a totalitarian takeover almost impossible. However, this system also so has downfalls, the system of federalism makes sharing powers quite difficult because when one division of the government isn’t doing its job the constitution almost makes it impossible for any other division or branch to intervene. During Hurricane Katrina the federalism in America
Hurricane Katrina, one of the biggest National disasters we have see in twenty years was an ordeal that exposed some of the problems with our federal system of response to national disasters. The idea of federalism in the United States is that the power is shared and divided into many different branches and governments. This system provides democracy and makes a totalitarian takeover almost impossible. However, this system also so has downfalls, the system of federalism makes sharing powers quite difficult because when one division of the government isn’t doing its job the constitution almost makes it impossible for any other division or branch to intervene. During Hurricane Katrina the federalism in America